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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Longhorn Beetles (Cerambycidae) » Flower Longhorn Beetles (Lepturinae) » Lepturini » Lepturobosca » Lepturobosca chrysocoma

Species Lepturobosca chrysocoma

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Works Cited
Lepturne Beetle - Lepturobosca chrysocoma Cerambycidae 7-13-11 01a - Lepturobosca chrysocoma ?Cosmosalia chrysocoma - Lepturobosca chrysocoma Lepturinae ? - Lepturobosca chrysocoma beetle - Lepturobosca chrysocoma Beetles 414A 4814 & 4824 - Lepturobosca chrysocoma - male - female Longhorn - Lepturobosca chrysocoma Lepturobosca chrysocoma
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Longhorn and Leaf Beetles)
Family Cerambycidae (Longhorn Beetles)
Subfamily Lepturinae (Flower Longhorn Beetles)
Tribe Lepturini
Genus Lepturobosca
Species chrysocoma (Lepturobosca chrysocoma)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
≡Cosmosalia chrysocoma
Explanation of Names
Lepturobosca chrysocoma (Kirby in Richardson 1837)
chrysocoma 'gold-haired'
Size
10‒20 mm(1)
Identification
The very dense, appressed, metallic golden pubescence is distinctive(1)
Range
transcontinental (boreal & western montane), Canada to n.Mexico(2)
Habitat
Larvae in decaying wood (hardwood, conifer)(1)
Works Cited
1.Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
Douglas Yanega. 1996. Illinois Natural History Survey.
2.Catalogue of the Cerambycidae (Col.) of Canada and United States of America, Parts I‒IV
Monné M.A., Nearns E.H. 2023. Available from https://cerambycids.com/catalog/.
Contributed by Stephen_WV on 12 June, 2005 - 7:08am
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Phillip Harpootlian, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 15 July, 2024 - 2:52pm

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